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昫

xù
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 (archaic) variant of 煦, warm; balmy
  2. 2 (classical) sunrise; the rising sun

Examples

古诗用这个字形容朝阳的暖意。
Gǔshī yòng zhège zì xíngróng zhāoyáng de nuǎnyì.
Old poetry uses this character for the warm light of the rising sun.

Tips

history
Not used in modern Chinese, where warmth is 温暖 and the standard 'balmy' character is 煦 (as in 和煦). 昫 appears only in classical texts for sunrise and gentle warmth.
register
Classical only — found in old poetry and the Book of Documents, not in modern speech.

Components

radical
日 rì
sun
The sun radical 日 supplies the meaning directly — the sun rising and giving warm light.
phonetic
句 jù
sentence; here phonetic
The right side 句 is the phonetic; its reading drifted to xù, the same element seen in the standard 煦.

Stroke Order

昫 xù